Cue-elicited anxiety and craving for food using virtual reality scenarios

Cue exposure therapy has been reported to be an effective intervention for reducing binge eating behavior in patients with eating disorders and obesity. However, in vivo food exposure conducted in the therapist's office presents logistical problems and lacks ecological validity. This study proposes the use of virtual reality technology as an alternative to in vivo exposure, and assesses the ability of different virtual environments to elicit anxiety and craving for food in a non-clinical sample. The results show that exposure to virtual environments provokes changes in reported craving for food. High-calorie food cues are the ones that elicit the highest increases in craving.

Mobiilisovellusten keskitetyt jakelukanavat

Diplomityössä tutkitaan mobiilisovellusten keskitettyjä jakelukanavia. Nämä uudet jakelukanavat ovat mahdollistaneet sovellusten uuden tyylisen ja helpon jakelun. Työssä tutkitaan itsenäisen kehittäjän näkökulmasta sovelluksen kehitystä Android-, iOS- ja Windows Phone -ohjelmistoalustoilla, ja sen julkaisua App Storessa, Google Playssa ja Windows Phone Marketplacella. Tavoitteena on tutkia huomataanko esimerkkisovelluksen kehityksessä ja julkaisussa merkittäviä eroja jakelukanavien välillä. Prosesseissa havaittiin eroja, mutta ei kuitenkaan niin merkittäviä, että jokin jakelukanava voitaisiin nostaa selkeästi toisten edelle helpompana tai rajoitteista vapaampana vaihtoehtona.

Descrição morfológica e morfométrica da glândula vesicular de cobaias durante o desenvolvimento pós-natal

Glândulas vesiculares são essenciais para a reprodução, pois suas secreções afetam a função espermática. Cobaias (Cavia porcellus) são um excelente modelo experimental para estudo destas glândulas, contudo não existem dados morfológicos e morfométricos durante seu desenvolvimento. Neste estudo a morfologia (projeções das pregas (PP) e altura das células epiteliais (AE) da túnica mucosa) e a morfometria (massa (MG), volume (VG), comprimento (CG), largura das porções cranial (LCR), média (LM) e caudal (LCA)) das glândulas vesiculares foram determinadas em cobaios (N= 25) com uma (S1), três (S3), cinco (S5), oito (S8) e onze (S11) semanas de idade (N=5/grupo de idade). Em adição massa (MC), comprimento (CC) e altura (AC) corporais e o índice organo-somático (IOS) foram também determinados e o coeficiente de correlação (r) estabelecido entre as variáveis. As glândulas restringiam-se a cavidade pélvica e tinham seu interior repleto de uma massa semi-sólida e, após a S8, ocuparam também a cavidade abdominal e tiveram o conteúdo aumentado significativamente. A túnica mucosa era pregueada e forrada de um epitélio simples colunar. MC, CC e AC aumentaram continuamente com a idade. MG, VG, CG e LCA não se alteraram da S1 a S5 e aumentaram na S8; enquanto que MF, VG e LCA também aumentaram na S11. IOS e PP aumentaram na S8 e S11 e AE na S5, S8 e S11. Houve (r) significativo entre a idade, Bc e MFg,; IOS e MG na S8 e S11; idade e PP; idade e AE e entre PP e AE. Em conclusão, as glândulas vesiculares de cobaios seguiram o padrão morfológico observado em ratos e hamsters, mas diferiram em alguns aspectos de outros histricomorfos, podendo ser utilizadas como modelo experimental e seu desenvolvimento morfológico e morfométrico podem ser divididos em três fases: da S1 a S5, quando são discretos; da S6 a S8 de idade, quando são acentuados de maneira geral e após a S8, quando há incremento intenso da capacidade secretória.

Mobiilipelien kehitys ja julkaisu monialustakehitystyökaluja hyödyntäen

Tässä kandidaatintyössä esitellään mobiilimarkkoiden pirstaloitumisongelma, ja se millaisia haasteita kehittäjät voivat kokea kehittäessään sovelluksia, jotka tukevat useampia mobiilialustoja. Lisäksi työssä esitellään erilaisia mobiilisovelluksissa käytettäviä monetisaatiomalleja. Työssä tarkastellaan myös monialustakehitystyökalujen ja HTML5-tekniikan soveltuvuutta mobiilialustojen kehityshaasteiden ratkaisemiseen. Työn lopuksi toteutetaan ja julkaistaan käytännön pelisovellus monialustatyökalulla eri alustoja tukien. Tämän demosovelluksen avulla perehdytään julkaisuprosesseihin käytännössä, tuoden esille eri alustojen asettamia vaatimuksia kehittäjälle.

Energy Consumption of Applications on Mobile Phones

Battery consumption in mobile applications development is a very important aspect and has to be considered by all the developers in their applications. This study will present an analysis of different relevant concepts and parameters that may have impact on energy consumption of Windows Phone applications. This operating system was chosen because there is limited research even though there are related studies for Android an iOS operating systems. Furthermore, another reason is the increasing number of Windows Phone users. The objective of this research is to categorise the energy consumption parameters (e.g. use of one thread or several thread for the same output). The result for each group of experiment will be analyzed and a rule will be derived. The set of derived rules will serve as a guide for developers who intend to develop energy efficient Windows Phone applications. For each experiment, one application is created for each concept and the results are presented in two ways: a table and a chart. The table presents the duration of the experiment, the battery consumed by the experiment, the expected battery lifetime and the energy consumption, while the charts display the energy distribution based on the main threads: UI thread, application thread and network thread.

Boulevard to broken dreams, Part 1: the Polonoroeste road project in the Brazilian Amazon, and the World Bank's environmental and indigenous peoples' norms

ABSTRACT Before the mid 1980s the World Bank conceived "nature" as something to be "conquered" and "environment" as a source of resources for "development". By the late 1980s the Bank incorporated norms of environmental sustainability and indigenous peoples' protection into its mandate, and other development-oriented IOs followed. This two-part paper describes how a fight over the Polonoroeste road project in the Brazilian Amazon - inside the Bank, between the Bank and NGOs supported by the US Congress, and between the Bank and the government of Brazil -helped to generate the far-reaching change of policy norms. The first part describes how the project was designed as an innovation in sustainable development in rainforests; and how it provoked a firestorm inside the Bank as it moved towards project approval.

Système de listes de vérification interactives du niveau de conformité des maquettes avec les recommandations des fabricants de plateformes mobiles

L'ensemble de mon travail a été réalisé grâce a l'utilisation de logiciel libre.

Evaluation of Reducibility of Trunk Asymmetry in Lateral Bending

The value of the lateral bending test is important in the assessment of spinal curve mobility and prediction of surgical outcome in the treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). However, radiographic bending tests are unable to assess the reducibility of trunk asymmetry. This study aims to exploit surface topography measurement in order to evaluate the changes in shape of the trunk (a) between bending and neutral standing positions, and (b) between standing pre- and post-operative visits, in a cohort of adolescents with AIS having undergone surgical correction; and to correlate the differences measured in cases (a) and (b). Our cohort includes 13 patients with right thoracic AIS. Each patient had their 3D trunk surface digitized with a multi-head InSpeck system in standing posture (at the pre-op and post-op visits) and in maximum voluntary right and left bending (at the pre-op visit). We developed a novel trunk shape analysis method which produces a set of inclined trunk cross-sections allowing comparison between different postures. Two asymmetry indices, trunk rotation (TR) and back surface rotation (BSR), were computed in all cases and a statistical analysis was performed. Our correlation study (Pearson test) showed fair correlations in most cases between the changes in side-bending and those post-surgery, with the strongest relationship (p-value < 0.01) when combining the TR measurements from both bendings. These results provide evidence that the bending test can be used to assess trunk asymmetry reducibility. The proposed approach could provide a non-invasive trunk asymmetry reducibility test for routine clinical use in AIS surgery planning.

Professional Development of Academic Library Professionals in Kerala

The paper aims to bring out the problems and prospects of the professional development opportunities of academic library professionals in the Universities in Kerala. The study is a part of research undertaken to survey the professional development activities and educational needs of library professionals in the major Universities of Kerala because of the developments in Information communication technology. The study recommends methods for improving the knowledge/skills of library professionals. The aim of the study is to evaluate the professional development activities of Library professionals and their attitude towards continuing education programmes. In order to achieve the objectives of the study a survey was conducted with the help of structured questionnaires distributed to 203 library professionals in seven major universities in Kerala, (South India) of which 185 questionnaires were returned. Results of the analysis show that majority of the professionals have pursued higher degrees in library science or IT allied courses after entering the profession, and that they have a positive attitude towards participation in training programmes and workshops. The results show that developments in ICT have a positive influence on majority of library professionals‘ attitude towards continuing education programmes.

Nuevas tecnologías, nuevas formas de negocios: Smartphones y códigos QR en Chile

Hace varios años atrás el uso del celular era un bien que muy pocas personas tenían la oportunidad de adquirirlo. Por un lado esta adquisición era muy cara y además había muy poca oferta en el mercado. El uso de los celulares era estrictamente para llamadas urgentes y muy pocas personas podían tener este bien en sus manos. A medida que iban avanzando los años las personas generaban mas necesidades y las empresas hacían todo lo posible por satisfacer estas necesidades. Por esta misma razón las empresas empezaron a ir más allá que simplemente satisfacer estas necesidades. Por lo que empezaron a no solo crear un simple celular que sirviera para llamadas sino un celular que también incluyera cámara, video, mensajes de texto, mails, bluetooth, música, entre más funciones. Hoy en día un celular que no tenga este tipo de funciones es obsoleto y ahora las personas se vuelven cada vez más dependientes a un teléfono celular. Por eso es importante investigar si es verdaderamente importante y necesario tener toda la vida de las personas en el celular, si estas nuevas tecnologías son relevantes para la sustentabilidad de las empresas y también que beneficios trae la evolución de las nuevas tecnologías. En la actualidad se ha dado que para las personas es fundamental el uso de los smartphones, no solo en la vida personal sino también laboral. Por eso es relevante conocer qué tan importante es el Smartphone para las personas y también cómo se puede aprovechar esta tecnología. Para la sociedad en la que vivimos actualmente, estar en contacto con el mundo es fundamental y también ser parte de el, por lo que la aparición de estos smartphones ha permitido que ese acercamiento sea mas rápido y con mayor facilidad. En los últimos años, ha habido un boom en la oferta y demanda de este tipo de productos, en el cual las empresas han estado peleando por ofrecer tanto nuevos dispositivos y tecnologías, como también nuevos servicios en cuanto a conectividad y aplicaciones de estos.

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